Migratory birds that fill North American forests with spring songs depend on Central America’s Five Great Forests far more ...

For decades, scientists have known that only a few groups of birds—songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds—can learn to produce ...

Birds understand many sounds around them, from mates to alarms, and this hidden skill may hint at how human language first ...

Hand feeding the world’s most dangerous birds quickly became a tense and unpredictable experience. Each movement from the ...

The first update to a local State of the Birds report in 14 years shows restoration working—and some puzzling declines.

According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, a male Mockingbird may learn up to 200 songs in its lifetime. Like the ...

My friend and I had just stepped out of May’s Drive-In late one October morning when she pointed to a large black bird on the ...

House finches are small songbirds. Males have rosy red heads and chests, while females are brownish. These birds are native ...

Every spring, the familiar songs of Wood Thrushes and warblers return to the parks and backyards of eastern North America.

Losing the last great forests of Central America will lead to the loss of the birds that define the eastern forests in North ...

A hummingbird’s heart beats over 1,200 times per minute, while the great egret hunts with precision unmatched in shallow ...

The title of the world's most beautiful bird is often given to the Resplendent Quetzal, native to Central America. Learn why ...